Studies in Sulawesi Linguistics, Part IV

The Duri language belongs to the Massenrempulu subfamily, Northern South Sulawesi
family. This subfamily consists of three languages: Duri, Enrekang-Pattinjo and Maiwa
(Valkama 1987:128). Mills (1975:109ff) describes Massenrempulu as transitional between
Toraja-Saqdan and Bugis.

Duri is located in the three northernmost subdistricts of the Enrekang district (i.e. Alia,
Anggeraja and Baraka). The language is spoken by about 90,000 people and seems to be
uniform, without great dialect differences (Valkama 1990:75).

STUDIES IN

SULAWESI LINGUISTICS

PART IV

Edited by
RENE VAN DEN BERG

1995

Badan Penyelenggara Seri NUSA

Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya

Jakarta

NUSA

Linguistic Studies of Indonesia
and Other Languages in Indonesia

VOLUME 37
1995

EDITORS:

Amran Halim, Palembang

Bambang Kaswanti Purwo, Jakarta (Secretary)

Soenjono Dardjowidjojo, Jakarta

Soepomo Poedjosoedarmo, Yogyakarta

John W.M. Verhaar, The Hague, The Netherlands

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